Quotes about Goodness
The whole world is a theatre for the display of the divine goodness, wisdom, justice, and power, but the Church is the orchestra, as it were—the most conspicuous part of it; and the nearer the approaches are that God makes to us, the more intimate and condescending the communication of his benefits, the more attentively are we called to consider them.
— John Calvin
O God, make the bad people good, and the good people nice
— Philip Yancey
... we need to reclaim the "goodnewness" of the gospel, and the best place to start is to rediscover the good news ourselves.
— Philip Yancey
I know this for sure, that doing good actually makes you better.
— Oprah Winfrey
The good man, though a slave, is free; the wicked, though he reigns, is a slave.
— St. Augustine
If we live good lives, the times are also good. As we are, such are the times.
— St. Augustine
You cannot become great women if you are not also good women. Great women respond generously to their instincts to do good.
— James Faust
I've got great faith in the essential fairness and decency - you may say goodness - of the human being.
— Norman Vincent Peale
A great smile is a wonderful asset, but a good heart is pure gold.
— Dolly Parton
There is no happiness in the world equal to the happiness of being good.
— Hannah Whitall Smith
It takes more than just a good looking body. You've got to have the heart and soul to go with it.
— Epictetus
Every evil is a sickness of soul, but virtue offers the cause of its health.
— St. Basil